Nurse Practitioner-Palliative Care

Why Us

We believe that our success starts with our greatest asset: OUR EMPLOYEES! We live our shared core values in everything we do: COMPASSION. EXCELLENCE. EQUALITY. INTEGRITY. SERVICE. STEWARDSHIP . We have a passion for purpose-driven work! Do you?

About the Role

The Nurse Practitioner will facilitate HWR’s efforts to relieve suffering, enhance comfort, promote quality of life and foster choice in the presence of an advanced serious illness for all patients and families. The practice is based on competent clinical knowledge and focuses on clinical practice, education, collaboration, consultation and research related to palliative care.

Responsibilities

• Participates in development and implementation of new programs that affect clinical practice
• Performs holistic patient assessment. Prescribes for symptom management and/or recommends symptom management to primary care providers.
• Performs medical history and physical exam in collaboration with the physician to develop a plan of care
• Carefully coordinates care with team members and health care professionals involved in patient and family plan of care
• Reviews medical record including physician/consultant notes, lab and diagnostic test results. Formulates plan of care based on above data
• Follows up to reassess the plan of care as determined by patient’s goals
• Participates in analyzing and evaluating clinical practice standards in terms of cost and quality
• Participates in development and implementation of new standards of practice for hospice and palliative care
• Serves as a consultant to staff caring for patients in hospitals, long-term care settings and home settings
• Serves as an expert consultant to healthcare professionals at the local, national and international levels to influence and advance clinical practice in palliative care
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of the current practice and literature relating to palliative care and facilitates the sharing of that knowledge with staff
• Edifies patients and families on applicable areas of palliative care, such as interventions for pain and symptom management, and choice in end-of-life care
• Empowers patients and families to identify and meet goals of care
• Edifies HWR staff in areas of palliative care
• Edifies outside agencies, hospitals and long-term care settings on principles of palliative care
• Participates on HWR committees
• Participates in quality improvement activities
• Maintains and cultivates professional relationships in healthcare that strengthen HWR’s strategic marketing plan
• Fulfills professional growth through involvement in professional organizations, presentations and publications
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental and organizational priorities
• Maintains national certification
• Sets up and maintains palliative care educational opportunities to increase knowledge
• Teaches and lectures for continuing education programs
• Presents at multidisciplinary patient care conferences
• Serves as a preceptor to Advanced Practice Nurses
• Participates in peer reviews
• Adjusts to changes in workload and schedules based on changing departmental